Date: 2010-03-29 08:53 Security: Public Mood: worried xpost http://soph.livejournal.com/200038.html Tags: big posts, dreamwidth, google, google summer of code, livejournal, programming Subject: DW and the Google Summer of Code

I've been hesitant to post about this, as I know that both Mark and Denise read this journal, but this issue is important enough to me to post it.

So, the application phase for students to apply to organisations participating in the Google Summer of Code begins today. Dreamwidth is one of these organisations.

From the start, I haven't liked the idea of DW taking part in the GSoC, and that's because GSoC, by definition, focuses on the code. Students enter the GSoC to code, and to get money from Google for doing it. They're not there to spend ages learning about the culture.

( Thoughts on DW's community, passion and culture... )